I. Barack Obama, apparently frustrated at the way the war is going, has reminded his national security advisers that while he was on the election campaign trail in 2008, he had advocated talking to America's enemies.

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Maybe the White House is leaning towards negotiations, or maybe it isn't, but that Guardian article is less than convincing.

"a senior official in Washington said""said a diplomatic source""A source with knowledge of the process said""A senior Pakistani diplomat said""a senior former US government official familiar with the latest Pentagon thinking said"

Not a single name in the whole dang piece.

The key point I take from this is that while the UN has spent months pushing for the delisting of Taliban leaders as terrorists, the Americans are ADDING names to their list.

I guess I'm just more hopeful about the Yanks than you are. Obama's got more mettle than people give him credit for.

Brian: To be clear, I trust Obama to put America's "national security" interests first and above all else, and as he looks out upon the world, I trust him to be mindful of the economic ruin his country faces and the disaster that has wracked the US treasury and the country's entire financial system.